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[3:2] the same came unto him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that thou doest, except God be with him. [3:3] Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God. [3:4] Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? [3:5] Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. [3:6] That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. [3:7] Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born anew. [3:8] The wind bloweth where it will, and thou hearest the voice thereof, but knowest not whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. [3:9] Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? [3:10] Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou the teacher of Israel, and understandest not these things? [3:11] Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that which we know, and bear witness of that which we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. [3:12] If I told you earthly things and ye believe not, how shall ye believe if I tell you heavenly things? [3:13] And no one hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended out of heaven, even the Son of man, who is in heaven. [3:14] And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up; [3:15] that whosoever believeth may in him have eternal life. [3:16] For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. [3:17] For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him. [3:18] He that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God. [3:19] And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil. [3:20] For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved. [3:21] But he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his works may be made manifest, that they have been wrought in God. [3:22] After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized. [3:23] And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized. [3:24] For John was not yet cast into prison. [3:25] There arose therefore a questioning on the part of John’s disciples with a Jew about purifying.